The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1905, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL wesseseeese-s. Proprietor J0HN D. SPRECKELS ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO McNAUGHT...... FOHN PUBLICATI: ....DECEMBER 1 ON OFFIC! 5 1905 city is just now in what is called “the throes Certain clergymen have made sensational rges, that seriously involve the repute and When these charges are analyzed it is tirely on the general opinion of some earn- is superior to Sodom and Gomorrah that r, upon which all evils are supposed to bodies of Oakland have taken up the ve fairness, with a desire to correct what ion detrimental to the welfare and e not idle, and are preparing for a further ac- i In this they are to be aided by the volunteered »oks and waiters who lost their places in the recent gn, and who propose to tell what they saw in the This kind be better if the witnesses had felt the pangs of = they were still in the service of their sinful em- the wages of wickedness. To wait until they arged and then join the ranks of salvation savors rather much of vengeance and blackmail to make that kind of testi- ony very effective. Any way the commercial bodies and business generally resent the use of such means to advertise the town ng tainted. They retort with some spirit and entire truth- ess that the two most noted cases of moral lapse known in the for some time had no origin nor relation to the restaurant and 1ess, for the parties were rather noted workers in the hations from whose pulpits the indictment of the whole as been promulgated. 11 has believed and still believes that Oakland has had e and has to-day an unusually clean and upright city | T'he Mayor and leading membgrs of the City Council isiness men, largely interested in the progress and prosperity | e city, anxious for its development and perfectly aware of the | ate relation between the moral and material interests of a| While they do not expect to make a new Jerusalem of Oak- it 1s not t erence. very citizen should join them in a crusade against the real | vy, discretion should not be thrown overboard. have evil in them. In some its existence is concealed | in many there is more deviltry secretive and covert than in ere it is aboveboard. Othello demanded of Iago that he| ar proof and demonstration” of his charges against poor 2. e Police Commissioners of Oakland have invited 1g clergy to give a bill of particulars, founded on evidence, e their rather vague though violent charges. When the are submitted there will be something to work on. No| an occasional roasting from the pulpit tends to keep men | cipal government in the straight and narrow path, but comes to the innocent in cities declared by their resi- | rgy to be the worst on earth. | hope to see the press, pulpit, city government and com- | zations of Oakland so work together in harmony and to be able to give that good city a clean bill of equal to its reputation for physical health, clemency | siness enterprise and good local government. n nature will lapse. The first family of man, according | orthodox Christian belief, was a hard lot. The second start after | the flood was bad, for the head.of the family in the second genesis | hard drinker and overwet his clay as soon as he got a winery We appear to have progressed beyond our ancestry, but we | ~casionally show signs of atavism and “take back.” Be patient | ith us, Oakland is not like the cities of the plain. It is a good as it cannot help being with Berkeley on one side and Alameda - other. What evils it has are inherent in poor human nature 11 crop out in every community. Ol ¢C re 00 s of socie All c na 18in | OUR HINTERLAND. 3 HE State Board of Trade has taken up another subject of very | Tg"eat interest to San Francisco. Premising that the Sacramento Valley has reached its limit of population with its present facili ties and products, the State Board of Trade proceeds to show that irrigation of land and division of large holdings will enable the set- tlement in that valley within a reasonable time of a population of a f million. There is no question about the climate and the soil. th are competent to the support of a dense population, but wheat i field cropping, under present conditions, have reached their it and in some places the process of decline is visible. The valley is not without object lessons to support theconten- tion of the State Board of Trade. Butte and Sutter counties show | the blessings of irrigation and intensive farming. Yuba has some owing of the same kind, as has Yolo. But the capacities of the whole valley are equal, and capable of the same development. What is needed is capital to install the necessary irrigation and take large tracts and subdivide them for settlement. The capitalists of this city built the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad to aid in the development of the San Joaquin Valley. They have helped a railroad into the Klamath region to get at the trade of a distant community. But, as Mr. William H. Mills pointed out to the State Board of Trade, in the Sacramento Valley is a hinter- Jand for San Francisco with commercial drainage directly to this | city, a current that no rival can divert, where a ‘population of a half million can be safely and profitably settled. To develop that near region will cost no more than the San Joaquin Valley Railroad. Having done so much for one half of the great valley of California, why not do as much for the other half? The State Board of Trade is collecting all of the reports on the hydrography and soils of the Sacramento Valley, and the whole will soon be issued as a bulletin. The information it will contain should impress the business men and capitalists of this city. The enterprise will yield profit to the individual investors and provide for this city a permanent and growing addition to its commercial resources. THE PRESS OF THE NATION. Hetty Green’s remark that “there would be fewer fools on record if people talked less” has not yet had the effect of drying up the stream of tart loguacity that flows from the lips of Mrs. H. G.—Pittsburg Dispatch. S s L News comes from St. Louis that John L. Sullivan has sworn off again, and that economic crisis caused by the burning of 80,000 barrels of whisky in Pennsylvania will probably be equalized soon.—Brooklyn Union. AR C N LR Uncle Hank Watterson is not a candidate for Governor of Kentucky. He is satisfied to be Master of the Mint Beds of the Dark and Bloody Ground.—Memphis Commercial-Appeal. S As head of the nation’s traveling department Secretary Taft should demand an explanation of the fact that the trip to Brazil has been turned over to Secretary Root—Chicago News. A Secretary Wilson offers the pleasing assurance that there will be no shortage of limes in this country again, so we will not have to curb our taste for gin rickeys.—Washington Post. AR “Twould be a graceful thing for the republic of Panama to recognize the independence of the Isle of Pines.—Atlanta Constitution. ———— Mr. Roosevelt seems determined to keep all the Presidential booms right at home in the Cabinet.—Baltimore Sun. hinkable that they wink at crime and promote it by | | While the clergy are to be commended for their zeal, | | | wood is strong, ~ Ibsen in Nevada. Ibsen’s Norweglan play of “Ghosts,” with one setting of scenery, no musfc and three knocks with a club on the floor to raise the curtain, was presented last evening. The play is certainly a moral hair raiser, and the stuffing is knocked out — | of the decalogue at every turn. Mrs. Alving, the leading lady, who keeps her chin high in the air, has mar- ried a moral monstrosity in the shape of | a spavined rake, and hides it from the She wears a pleasant smile and | world. gives soclety the glad hand, and finally lets go all holds when her husband gets gay with the hired girl and gives an old tar 300 plunks to marry her and stand the responsibility for the expected popu- lation. Oswald, the mother’s only boy, Is sent to Paris to paint views for marines, and takes kindly to the gay life of capl- tal, where the joy of living is tne rage, and familles are reared in a section where a printer running a job offlce | solely on marriage certificates would hit } the poorhouse with a dull thud. Regena, the result of Mr. Alving's at- tentions to the hired girl, also works in the family, and falls in love with painter boy on his return from Parls. They vote country life too slow, and plan to go to Paris and start a family. The doting mother gives her consent, and Pastor Menders, who Is throwing fits all through the play, hag a spasm. The boy, on being informed that girl of his® choice is his half sister, throws another, his mamma having also | thrown a few in the other act. Engstrand, who runs a sort of sailors’ and soldiers’ canteen, sets fire to an or- phanage, and the boy, who has inherited a sort of mayonnaise-dressing brain from his awful dad, tears about the stage a spell, breaks some furniture and upsets the wine. He finally takes “rough on ral and dies a gibbering idiot, with his mother slobbering over him and trying to figure out in her own mind that he was merely drunk and disorderly. The plavers handled the sticky mess as well as could be expected, all being excellent actors, although Miss Razeto built up her bustle too high. Miss Lock- and Mestayer handles his thankless role conscientiously. Mac- Gregor, as Pastor Menders, was very ef- fective, but there was no better actor in the cast than Edwin Bailey in his minor role. As a sermon on the law of heredity the play is great, but after seeing it we are giad to announce that Haverley’'s Min- strels will relleve the Ibsen gloom next Monday night.—Carson Appeal. Kaiser and the Sentinel. It is told of the Kaiser's Christmas walk through the wcods last year that near the palace of Sans Soucl he came upon a half-frozen sentinel with very blue lips and a very red nose. The sen- tinel, with stiff fingers, brought his rifie to the salute. “Cold day,” sald his Majesty, cheerily. The sentinel did not reply, but his teeth chattered. “How long have you been on duty?” asked the Kalser. “Brr-rr!” sald the gentinel. “Stupid!” said his Majesty. “Why don’t you speak when I address you?” The sentinel opened his mouth, but the words seemed to be frozen on his lips. “Here!” sald the Kaiser to his adju- tant, laughing, ‘“March this chap to the palace, see that he gets a good meal and a hot drink, and for heaven’'s sake put him béfore a fire and thaw him out, par- ticularly his jaws!” And, “Here,” he went on, forcing a coin into the frozen soldier's rigld fingers, ‘‘take this and drink my health and the health of the Empress.” Then, as the Emperor hurried away the sentry found voice enough to bellow out the single word, ‘‘Majestaet!”— Woman’s Home Companion. 7y T5% the the | % 7% 2 Ex THREADBARE ALLEY THREADBAR.E Alley in Hodden- town— Haply you've heard of the place I name— There do the folk run up and down, Seeking for avye to escape the sane. Features of Poverty well they know, And Hunger's gaunt wolf .for their coming waits: So ever and ever, and to and fro. They seek for release at the iron gates. To some of the pilgrims from Hodden- town. Threadbare Alley in Hoddentown— Hovel or cabin alone for home. Trousers of shoddy, or calico gown— Small is the wonder its folk would roam. | And, faith, they do wander, the iron gate past: Wander so far and climb so high | That the wide world pauses to wonder | at last | That these, who were low, with its | greatest vie: | And, “Ho!" it doth cry, “bring laurel | to crown This one who was dweller in Hodden- town.” Threadbare Alley in Hoddentown— Know ye the ones who did come from there? Lincoln, wearing the martyr's crown; Jackson, e'er ready to do and dar Jonson and Johnson, by genius kisse Oliver Goldsmith, poor but great; Napoleon, first in the cruel list: Uncrowned monarchs in Intellect’s state— These were the heedless of Penury's frown Who came from that alley in Hodden- town. Threadbare Alley in Hoddentown— Call ye the roll of the ones acolaimed, ‘Wearers of purple, disdainers of crown, And these shall be first of the ones ve named. Honors that go to deflers of fate, Trophles we give to the men might, Prizes we bring to the princely great, Laurel for blessing or bay for de- of Ught— These are ths blessings with which we crown The sometime dwellers {n Hodden- town. L'ENVOL Prince of the domain of rags and dirt, Unguessed monarch of Hoddentown, Bear you no longer the spirit's hurt; Heed you no more though the skies may frown. Many heve passed the iron gate, Leaping the bars that your soul doth know; Many are named with great, Who walked with Penury long ago. The world but walteth to give renown To those who have dwelt in Hodden- town. the splendid WHAT THE MAN OF MARS SAW. The man of Mars was telling about his trip to the earth. *“Once,” he sald, “my patent air-condenser refused to work, and I very nearly suffocated to death, but fortunately I got it to condensing again before it was gll up with me.” “That's all right,” interposed another man of Mars, “but tell us about the pel.l?le down there. Are they intellect- val?” Very.” “That's good! impression?” What gave you the Ay, but the world giveth wide renown | Occidental Accidentals. ‘ > & BY A. J. WATERHOUSE. —_— “Why, some of them have so many brains that they have to drink stuff to reduce the quantity and quality of them.” ‘“Well, I'll be derned!” said all the Martians, as with one volce. Then one of them asked: “Do_they recognize a supreme power— a God?” “You bet they do!” was the response. “We people of Mars are not in it when it comes to recognition and worship of the Almighty. In all the affairs of life his name, as they speak it, is on their lips. You meet them on the street, and they talk about him; In their clubs he fs the subject of conversation, and in their homes it is the same. membered at the time of their birth, and when they are cold in death their friends first of all inquire concerning their life relations with him.” “This is wonderful that you tell us,” sald an anclent Martian; “do they give this much worshiped Almighty One a name?”’ “Indeed they do,” was the answer; “it 1s forever on their lips.” “What is this august name of the deity that is so dear to them?” the an- clent Martian asked. “The name, always lowly and rever- ently spoken,” the man of Mars replies, “is Dollars. He is their God, and T could not fail to learn his name, because 1 heard it so often spoken.” Then the man of Mars appointed a time and place for a lecture on the sub- ject of “The Earth and Its Inhabitants,” which was what he had had in mind when he made the trip, and the other Martians went about their business. HE DEARLY LOVED RELIGION. He dearly loved religion of just the kind he chose, And he felt extremely certain that his creed' was all that “goes!” He was sure the God who made us with a sight exceeding dim Had In His gracious kindness shown all the truth to him. He was honest in his purpose, and we could not doubt the fact: He was certain God had shown him all the meaning of each act; He was pure In all his living, and was strictly free from guile, But he seemed to have a notlon that the plous never smile. He seemed to have a notion that the plous never emile; You'd think that vinegar was quite the true religious style. 8o all youthful pleasure passed him, as it gayly tiptoed by. And he viewed it with foreboding and a dreary, weary sigh. He really meant the best on earth, but then, of course you see, His visage still proclalmed the fact that pleasure sin must be: And so I'm very sorry, though perhaps it's not worth while, For the man who had a notion that the plous never smile. “Will ye give a dime to a poor man, mum, who has a wife and six children!” Ot course the dime was given and the barkeeper who recefved it shortly thereafter had a wife and six children. Which shows that charity rarely is wasted. —_— “Did she marry him for love?” “No, indeed; it would have Been im- possible.” “For his money?’ “No, he 18 far from wealthy.” “Good looks?” “He never was thus accused.” “What then?” “It appeared to be her last chance.” He is re- | —BALTIMORE AMERICAN. Answers to Queries. INHERITANCE TAX—A. S, City. The inheritance tax in California is five per cent on every one hundred dollars of the market value. PLASTER OF PARIS—A. S., Alameda, Cal. Plaster of paris is so called from having been originally obtained from Montmartre, in the vincinity of Paris, France. laureate are so called'from an anclent custom In universities of presenting a laurel wreath to graduates In rhetoric and poetry. UNIQUE—Subscriber, City. To use the ing or writing is nonsense, for that which is unique requires no qualifica- tion. It is a French word, which is often erroneously used to express rar- ity, curiousness or excellence. The word means, alone, without a parallel, the only one. AGE OF A HORSE—A . Subseriber, City. The following is the rule laid down for telling the age of a horse: At 3 years old the horse should have the central permanent nippers growing, the other two pairs wasting, six grinders in each jaw above and below, the first and fifth level, the others and the sixth protruding. The sharp edges of the new incisors will be very evident, compared with the old teeth. As the permanent nippers wear and continue to grow, a narrow portion of the cone-shaped tooth is exposed by the attrition of the teeth on each other. The mark will be wearing out, and the crowns of the teeth will be sensibly smaller than at 2 years. Be- tween 3% and 4 years the next pair of | nippers will be changed, the central nip- pers will have attained nearly their full growth, a vaculty will be left where the second stood, and the corner teeth. will be diminished In breadth, worn down, and the mark in the center of the tooth will become faint. The second pair of grind- ers will be shed. At 4 years the central nippers will be fully developed, the sharp edge somewhat worn off, and the mark somewhat wider and fainter. The next pair will be up, but they will be small, with a mark deep and extending quite across them. The corner nippers will be larger than the inside ones, but smaller then before and flat, and the mark nearly effaced. The sixth grinders will have risen to a level with the others, and the tushes will begin to appear. At § the horse's mouth is almost perfect. The corner { nippers are quite up, the long, deep mark irregular in the inside, and the other nip- pers will bear evident tokens of increased wear. The tushes are nearly grown, the sixth molar is up, and the third molar is wanting. This last circumstance will pre- vent the deception of attempting to pass a late 4-year-old as a §-year-old. At 6 the mark on the central nippers is worn out. At 7 the mark is worn out in the four central nippers, and fast wearing away In the corner teeth. The tushes are rounded at the points and edges, and beginning to get round inside. At 8 years old the tushes are rohded In every way, the mark is gone from all the bottom nip- pers. There is nothing remaining in them that can afterward-clearly show the age of a horse. After this the only guides are the nippers in the upper jaw. At 9 the mark will be worn from the middle nippers, from the next pair at 10, and from all the upper nippers at 11. At 9 the center nippers are round Instead of oval. At 10 the others begin to become rounded, at 11 the second pair dre much rounded, at 13 the corner ones have the same ap- pearance, at 14 the faces of the center nippers become somewhat triangular, at 17 they are all so. —_——— About Candy Orders. Candy Orders may be bought to any amount of money and are exchangeable at any time for a part or a whole of | ~ their face value in our candies. Hass' Candy _Stores, Phelan Building and James Flood Bullding. . WHEN IGNORANCE ISNT_BLISS. LAUREATE—A. O. C. Q. City. Poets | expression “perfectly unique” in speak- ' The Smart Set. BY SALLY SHARP. —_— The second of the Fortnightly Club dances will take place to-night in the Palace Hotel ballroom and all the pret- ty buds with their companions of the older sets of maids and young matrons will be in full attendance, for these dances are hailed with delight as being emong the keen pleasures of the sea- son. . . Richard Hotaling, Dr. Shiels and other of our amateurs are to g s evening at pic Club and a large attendance the smartest set is consequently to fol- low. . Wilson known J. well ve a clever - - dance, which was the Palace Janu- anged to January 12, for the former date, occurring om Monday, conflicts with the Skating Club and the two affairs are too popu- lar to admit of coincidence. . et Mrs. Seth Wilson Cushman and Mrs. Alice Mason Bennett will be hostesses to-day at a charming musicale at the Casa Lqma. The reception hall will be most attractively decorated in » berries with their greens, and paln will lend artistic emphasis to the color scheme. Invitations have been issued to a large number of our society and music people, who will listen to a delightful programme. Miss Winifred June Morgan of Oakland is to assist, her violin solos to be an at- tractive addition. . The third Ass ary 15, has been . o The Hotel Knickerbocker was the scene of z small but enjoyable brid party yesterday, given by Miss Gwin, who en- tertained Mrs. Lucy Otis, Mrs. Horace Davis, Mrs. Henry L. Dodge, Mrs. George C. Boardman, Mrs. Harry Mendell, Mrs. James Carolan, Mrs. Arthur Holland, Mrs. James Follls, Mrs. Willlam Beach, Mrs. Gale and Mrs. Butler. oy o Mrs. J. J. Wright hostessed a box party last Tuesday evening, half a dozen guests enjoying the play at the Columbia. As guests of honor, Miss Eisa Draper and Mrs. Florence Land May were recip- fents of much attention, the other mem- bers of the party including Miss Adeline Ricks, Colonel Thomas Waln-Mosgan Dra- per, Major Willlam Stephenson, Harry L. Paddock and Mr. and Mrs. Wright. « e A song recital was given at the Se- quola Club last evening with the fol- lowing programme under the direction of S. Homer Henley: “Am Abend,” Arthur Fickenshe: “When Love Passed By,” W. J. McCo: “To One Iin Paradise,” J. Harradin Pratt; “Molly’s Eyes,” Wallace A. Se- bin; “What Is It Thou Hast to Te Me?" Oscar Well; “The Deep Se Pearl,” Edward F. Schneider: “Love Lald His Sleepless Head,” Gerard Bar- ton; Leland G. Roberts; “A Soldier, Harding Tebbs; “Orsame’s Song, C. Harding Tebbs; “Some Day,” Richard Lucchesi; “Illusion,” Richard Lucchesi; “Oh, Like a Garden Is My Heart,” H. J. Stewart; “The Lords of Song.” H. J. Stewart. A social event of the coming week will be the annual Christmas dance by | the Valentine Holt Society of the Children of the American Revolution. | The affair will take place at Century Hall Friday evening, December the patronesses being Mrs. Charles A. Warren, Mrs. A S Hubbard, Mrs. Willlam T. Baggett, Mrs. Thomas Bon- ner and Mrs. J. J. Tully. e edhoe Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Barry Watson once more safely ensconced beneath Irouf tree of Mr. amd Mrs. Richard H. Pease on Paclific avenue, having just ar- rived from their wedding trip. Their time since July has been spent in Burope, | where most of the countries have been traversed by automobile. Mr. Watson took his machine from San Franecisco, and France, Germany and England were es- pecially enjoyed. Italy was seen by train | and other modes of conveyance, the roads lin that country not being so cenducive to automobile comfort as those of other districts. Mr. and Mrs. Watson have some very beautiful purchases with them, including magnificent furs brought from Paris. ars the Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Peters will arrh-’ to-day from Stockton to be the guests o Mrs. J. A. Fillmore for a few days. €« e ¢ Mrs. Willlam H. Irwin and Miss Helene Irwin are leaving to-day for the East, where they will spend several weeks In Philadelphia, the guests of Mrs. Irwin's sister, Mrs. Edward Moore Robinson. From the Quaker City Mrs. Irwin, with her daughter, will proceed to New York a little later to set sail for Burope, where the sightseers will remain a year. Mistake in the Bill A gentleman who recently returned from a tour in Spain teils this story: He left Seville on foot, after a stay of a week, and was twenty miles away, when he was overtaken by the landlord of the hotel where he had stopped. The imn- i keeper rode alongside of his guest for nearly an hour before he found courage tc make known his business. “If the senor and God pleases, gan, apologetically, “I made a mistake in his bill yesterday.” “How?" I inquired. “I forgot to make a charge for his candles to light him to bed!™ “But it was moonlighf, and I had ne candles.” ““Then, senor, with the heip of God. I forgot to charge you with moonlight.” The charge amounted to two cemts in American money, and he had hired lass and ridden twenty miles to col‘;y it. I was amused and astonished. Then I accused him of being a robber, and of- fered him a cent to settle the bill. He worked up a beautiful smile and held out his hand. “T will take it with thanks, senor,” he sald, “and God will bless you for an honest man!" —_——— This week—Genuine eyeglasses 20c to 50c. Note—No. 81 Fourth st. (front of barber's). * —_—————— Townsend’s California glace fruits and choicest candies in artistic fire- etched boxes. New store, 767 Market, * —_————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s). 30 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 * —_——— Pleasure without moderation is always mixed with misery.